I have two disks on my system, (Intel III, 996 MHZ 512 mb of RAM). I have a removable drive for the boot 'C' drive. Recently downloaded Solaris 10, and installed on a different removable hard drive.

Spent some time playing with the Solaris drive in, trying to get Solaris to recognize my NIC card, trying things like 'ifconfig -dv", finally ordered and am waiting for a different NIC card.

Put windows XP back in. When I try to acess the 'D' drive, I get an "the drive is not formatted" error message. I did a Web search, and other postings asked the posting person if they had taken that drive to a different operating system, (they had XP, and took it to a 2000 system, etc.). This makes me think that somehow, either during the Solaris installation, or when using the ifconfig, etc. utilities, that somehow I corrupted the 'D' drive'

Fdisk...
Disk Type System Mbytes usage
0 HPFS 01 -166 100%
1 PRO DOS unknown 2047 26%

Change current fixed drive, showed...

Disk DRV MBYTES Free Usage
1 8025 0 100%
2 8025 5978 26%
C: 2047

I downloaded and ran MBRTOOL...
0/C drive....
ump MBR for disk 128 (0)

Date for MBR dump is 02-18-2005

000 90 E9 7D 01 FA 33 C0 8E D0 8E C0 8E D8 BC 00 7C ³ é}.ú3ÀŽÐŽÀŽØ¼.|
016 8B F4 FB BF 00 06 B9 00 01 F3 A5 BB 20 06 FF E3 ³ ‹ôû¿..¹..ó¥» .ÿã
032 90 90 BE 7D 07 81 3C AA 55 75 11 E8 58 00 73 0C ³ ¾}.<ªUu.èX.s.
048 E8 65 00 72 07 E8 B1 00 72 3B EB 2C BE 7D 07 C7 ³ èe.r.è±.r;ë,¾}.Ç
064 04 00 00 BA 80 00 BE BE 07 B9 04 00 F6 04 80 75 ³ ...º€.¾¾.¹..ö.€u
080 07 83 C6 10 E2 F6 EB 1D 8A 74 01 8B 4C 02 BB 00 ³ .ƒÆ.âöë.Št.‹L.».
096 7C B8 01 02 CD 13 72 0D 81 3E FE 7D 55 AA 75 05 ³ |¸..Í.r.>þ}Uªu.
112 EA 00 7C 00 00 BE 6A 07 AC 0A C0 74 FE BB 07 00 ³ ê.|..¾j.¬.Àtþ»..
128 B4 0E CD 10 EB F2 BB 00 7E C6 07 13 C6 47 01 00 ³ ´.Í.ëò».~Æ..ÆG..
144 B2 80 B8 00 E0 CD 13 C3 BF 00 7E BA F0 01 B3 A0 ³ ²€¸.àÍ.ÿ.~ºð.³ 
160 E8 84 00 72 0C B1 01 E8 48 00 72 05 E8 19 00 73 ³ è„.r.±.èH.r.è..s
176 16 F6 C3 10 75 05 80 CB 10 EB E5 81 FA 70 01 74 ³ .öÃ.u.€Ë.ëåúp.t
192 05 BA 70 01 EB D8 F9 C3 81 BD FE 01 55 AA 75 17 ³ .ºp.ëØùÁ½þ.Uªu.
208 8B 75 02 81 FE BE 01 77 0E 03 F7 81 3C AA 55 75 ³ ‹u.þ¾.w..÷<ªUu
224 06 F6 44 02 01 75 01 F9 C3 BF 00 7C B1 0A E8 01 ³ .öD..u.ùÿ.|±.è.
240 00 C3 52 57 83 C2 02 B0 01 EE 42 8A C1 EE 42 32 ³ .ÃRWƒÂ.°.îBŠÁîB2
256 C0 EE 42 EE 42 8A C3 EE 42 B0 20 EE E8 33 00 EC ³ ÀîBîBŠÃîB° îè3.ì
272 24 FD 3C 58 75 0D 83 EA 07 B9 00 01 FA F3 6D FB ³ $ý 288 F8 EB 01 F9 5F 5A C3 52 83 C2 07 EC A8 80 75 0F ³ øë.ù_ZÃRƒÂ.쨀u.
304 4A 8A C3 EE 42 EC 24 D0 3C 50 75 03 F8 EB 01 F9 ³ JŠÃîBì$Ð 320 5A C3 51 8B 0E 6C 04 83 C1 12 81 C2 FF 01 EC 8A ³ ZÃQ‹.l.ƒÁ.Âÿ.ìŠ
336 E0 80 E4 D8 80 FC 58 74 06 3B 0E 6C 04 75 EF 81 ³ à€äØ€üXt.;.l.uï
352 EA FF 01 B9 00 20 E2 FE 59 C3 0D 0A 45 72 72 6F ³ êÿ.¹. âþYÃ..Erro
368 72 20 4C 6F 61 64 69 6E 67 20 4F 53 00 AA 55 00 ³ r Loading OS.ªU.
384 00 E9 80 FE 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ³ .é€þ............
400 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ³ ................
416 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ³ ................
432 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 34 E0 02 0D 00 00 80 01 ³ ........4à....€.
448 01 00 07 FE FF FF 3F 00 00 00 82 37 F9 0D 00 00 ³ ...þÿÿ?...‚7ù...
464 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ³ ................
480 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ³ ................
496 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 AA ³ ..............Uª
Geometry values (from BIOS!) for this disk : (C/H/S) - 1022/254/63
Partition Table Information
ACT TYPE START-C/H/S END----C/H/S LBA-start LBA-length
Entry 1: 128 07 0 1 1 1023 254 63 63 234436482
Entry 2: 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Entry 3: 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Entry 4: 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Partition table as shown in MBR :
Entry 1: 80 01 01 00 07 FE FF FF 3F 00 00 00 82 37 F9 0D
Entry 2: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Entry 3: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Entry 4: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
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Drive 1/D....
Dump MBR for disk 129 (1)

Date for MBR dump is 02-18-2005

000 90 E9 7D 01 FA 33 C0 8E D0 8E C0 8E D8 BC 00 7C ³ é}.ú3ÀŽÐŽÀŽØ¼.|
016 8B F4 FB BF 00 06 B9 00 01 F3 A5 BB 20 06 FF E3 ³ ‹ôû¿..¹..ó¥» .ÿã
032 90 90 BE 7D 07 81 3C AA 55 75 11 E8 58 00 73 0C ³ ¾}.<ªUu.èX.s.
048 E8 65 00 72 07 E8 B1 00 72 3B EB 2C BE 7D 07 C7 ³ èe.r.è±.r;ë,¾}.Ç
064 04 00 00 BA 80 00 BE BE 07 B9 04 00 F6 04 80 75 ³ ...º€.¾¾.¹..ö.€u
080 07 83 C6 10 E2 F6 EB 1D 8A 74 01 8B 4C 02 BB 00 ³ .ƒÆ.âöë.Št.‹L.».
096 7C B8 01 02 CD 13 72 0D 81 3E FE 7D 55 AA 75 05 ³ |¸..Í.r.>þ}Uªu.
112 EA 00 7C 00 00 BE 6A 07 AC 0A C0 74 FE BB 07 00 ³ ê.|..¾j.¬.Àtþ»..
128 B4 0E CD 10 EB F2 BB 00 7E C6 07 13 C6 47 01 00 ³ ´.Í.ëò».~Æ..ÆG..
144 B2 80 B8 00 E0 CD 13 C3 BF 00 7E BA F0 01 B3 A0 ³ ²€¸.àÍ.ÿ.~ºð.³ 
160 E8 84 00 72 0C B1 01 E8 48 00 72 05 E8 19 00 73 ³ è„.r.±.èH.r.è..s
176 16 F6 C3 10 75 05 80 CB 10 EB E5 81 FA 70 01 74 ³ .öÃ.u.€Ë.ëåúp.t
192 05 BA 70 01 EB D8 F9 C3 81 BD FE 01 55 AA 75 17 ³ .ºp.ëØùÁ½þ.Uªu.
208 8B 75 02 81 FE BE 01 77 0E 03 F7 81 3C AA 55 75 ³ ‹u.þ¾.w..÷<ªUu
224 06 F6 44 02 01 75 01 F9 C3 BF 00 7C B1 0A E8 01 ³ .öD..u.ùÿ.|±.è.
240 00 C3 52 57 83 C2 02 B0 01 EE 42 8A C1 EE 42 32 ³ .ÃRWƒÂ.°.îBŠÁîB2
256 C0 EE 42 EE 42 8A C3 EE 42 B0 20 EE E8 33 00 EC ³ ÀîBîBŠÃîB° îè3.ì
272 24 FD 3C 58 75 0D 83 EA 07 B9 00 01 FA F3 6D FB ³ $ý 288 F8 EB 01 F9 5F 5A C3 52 83 C2 07 EC A8 80 75 0F ³ øë.ù_ZÃRƒÂ.쨀u.
304 4A 8A C3 EE 42 EC 24 D0 3C 50 75 03 F8 EB 01 F9 ³ JŠÃîBì$Ð 320 5A C3 51 8B 0E 6C 04 83 C1 12 81 C2 FF 01 EC 8A ³ ZÃQ‹.l.ƒÁ.Âÿ.ìŠ
336 E0 80 E4 D8 80 FC 58 74 06 3B 0E 6C 04 75 EF 81 ³ à€äØ€üXt.;.l.uï
352 EA FF 01 B9 00 20 E2 FE 59 C3 0D 0A 45 72 72 6F ³ êÿ.¹. âþYÃ..Erro
368 72 20 4C 6F 61 64 69 6E 67 20 4F 53 00 AA 55 00 ³ r Loading OS.ªU.
384 00 E9 80 FE 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ³ .é€þ............
400 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ³ ................
416 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ³ ................
432 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6A 2A AB B3 00 00 80 01 ³ ........j*«³..€.
448 01 00 06 FE 7F 04 3F 00 00 00 86 FA 3F 00 00 00 ³ ...þ.?...†ú?...
464 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ³ ................
480 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ³ ................
496 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 AA ³ ..............Uª
Geometry values (from BIOS!) for this disk : (C/H/S) - 1022/254/63
Partition Table Information
ACT TYPE START-C/H/S END----C/H/S LBA-start LBA-length
Entry 1: 128 06 0 1 1 260 254 63 63 4192902
Entry 2: 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Entry 3: 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Entry 4: 0 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Partition table as shown in MBR :
Entry 1: 80 01 01 00 06 FE 7F 04 3F 00 00 00 86 FA 3F 00
Entry 2: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Entry 3: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Entry 4: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Downloaded and ran PARTINFO. The log onlyshows the sizes, nothing else...
Disk 0: 114471.0 Megabytes
Disk 1: 76316.6 Megabytes

DP.log...
.../007:23/LOG> ### LOG START ###
.../007:23/LOG> DISKPATCH 2.0.100
.../007:23/LOG> (C) 2000-2004, DIY DataRecovery
.../007:23/LOG> Contact info: HTTP://www.DIYDataRecovery.nl
.../007:23/LOG> DPRunType: 0
.../007:23/LOG> DPUsrName: DEMO
.../007:23/LOG> MemFree: 111Kb
.../007:23/LOG> LogDate: 02-18-2005
.../007:23/CFG> Dump Options requested
.../007:23/CFG> FilePath="1/.DP_FILES"
.../007:23/CFG> LogFilename="DP.LOG"
.../007:23/CFG> ReadRetries="32"
.../007:23/CFG> MaxReadErrors="32"
.../007:23/CFG> ReadDelay="1"
.../007:24/CFG> AutoSaveState="1"
.../007:24/CFG> DumpFoundSectors="0"
.../007:24/CFG> LogLevel="2"
.../007:24/CFG> DebugLevel="0"
.../007:24/CFG> MaxFatScan="51200"
.../007:24/CFG> MaxDataColEntries="512"
.../007:24/CFG> ScanType="0"
.../007:24/CFG> IgnoreF8FF="0"
.../007:24/CFG> ScanSignature="55AA"
.../007:24/13H> Ext13H installed test requested
.../007:24/13H> Disk found at 128
.../007:24/13H> Ext13H version: 2.1 / EDD-1.1
.../007:24/13H> Ext13H Support: Extended disk access functions
.../007:24/13H> Ext13H Support: Enhanced disk drive functions
.../007:24/13H> Ext13H Flags: DMA boundary errors handled transparently
.../007:24/13H> Disk 128 X13H data : 16383/16/63 234441648/512
.../007:24/13H> Disk found at 129
.../007:24/13H> Ext13H version: 2.1 / EDD-1.1
.../007:24/13H> Ext13H Support: Extended disk access functions
.../007:24/13H> Ext13H Support: Enhanced disk drive functions
.../007:24/13H> Ext13H Flags: DMA boundary errors handled transparently
.../007:24/13H> Disk 129 X13H data : 16383/16/63 156301488/512
.../007:24/13H> Ext13H tested ok
.../007:24/FDL> DiskList requested
.../007:24/FDL> Disk found at 128
.../007:24/FDL> Disk found at 129
.../007:24/LOG> Dump DiskList requested
### DISKLIST.ARRAY ###
__D_|________LBA_|___H_|__S_|__GB
128 | .234441648 | 255 | 63 | 111
129 | .156301488 | 255 | 63 | .74
..0 | .........0 | ..0 | .0 | ..0
..0 | .........0 | ..0 | .0 | ..0

.../007:24/IAS> Admi Sector init complete for disk 0 (128)
.../007:24/IAS> Admi Sector init complete for disk 1 (129)
.../007:24/EXE> First Time Run, FingerPrint check requested
.../008:48/EXE> FingerPrint entered okay, saved to disk
.../009:47/PFC> PQstuff signature not detected on disk 0 (128)
.../009:47/PFC> PQstuff signature not detected on disk 1 (129)
.../009:47/PFC> Partition State Backup not found on disk 0 (128)
.../009:47/PFC> Partition State Backup not found on disk 1 (129)
.../010:37/MNU> - Main, Select Disk
.../011:10/USD> Disk 0 (128) selected
.../011:10/USD> Read/WriteErrors reset to 0
.../011:11/USD> DataCollection / PartList cleared
.../011:11/GSC> First DP Run, Geo Info for disk 0 (128) not yet saved
.../011:11/GSC> Geo for Disk 0 (128) saved as 0234441648255063
128/011:16/MNU> - Main, Select Disk
128/011:21/USD> Disk 1 (129) selected
128/011:21/USD> Read/WriteErrors reset to 0
128/011:21/USD> DataCollection / PartList cleared
128/011:21/GSC> First DP Run, Geo Info for disk 1 (129) not yet saved
128/011:21/GSC> Geo for Disk 1 (129) saved as 0156301488255063
129/013:41/MNU> - Main, Select Disk
129/013:50/USD> No Source / Disk selected
129/013:50/USD> Read/WriteErrors reset to 0
129/013:50/USD> DataCollection / PartList cleared
.../013:51/MNU> - Main, Quit
.../013:51/LOG> RunTime: 013:51
.../013:51/LOG> ### CLOSE LOG ###

I am a programmeranalyst, not really a hardwaresystem person. Best buy wants at least $60.00, possibly $90.00 to try to help me.

Am I correct in thinking that Solaris screwed me, that I should have disconnected that 'D' drive, and in the future should do so, or use a different system?
I really would like to recover what I had on the 'D' drive. What, if anything, Can I do here?

Thanks

Lou

Product you are using: Diskpatch 2.0

Operating system / Service Pack: XP Pro v2002 SP2

Size of subject harddisk: 80GB

Hello,

We have no experience with Solaris, so we can't comment on that. We need you to actually scan the disk to see if partitions can be repaired/recovered.

Please follow directions in top sticky post to create a logfile with DiskPatch 2.1 (you need to download DiskPatch again - you have an older version there).

--
Kind regards,
Joep

I am not really sure that it is a Solaris problem, am hoping that someone can tell me.

The 2.0 was what I downloaded using the CNET button.

Here is the dp.log...
.../001:18/LOG> ### LOG START ###
.../001:18/LOG> DISKPATCH 2.1.100
.../001:18/LOG> (C) 2000-2005, DIY DataRecovery
.../001:18/LOG> Contact info: HTTP://www.DIYDataRecovery.nl
.../001:18/LOG> DPRunType: 0
.../001:18/LOG> DPUsrName: DEMO
.../001:18/LOG> MemFree: 109Kb
.../001:18/LOG> LogDate: 02-21-2005
.../001:18/CFG> Dump Options requested
.../001:18/CFG> FilePath="1/.DP_FILES"
.../001:18/CFG> LogFilename="DP.LOG"
.../001:18/CFG> ReadRetries="32"
.../001:18/CFG> MaxReadErrors="32"
.../001:18/CFG> ReadDelay="1"
.../001:19/CFG> AutoSaveState="1"
.../001:19/CFG> DumpFoundSectors="0"
.../001:19/CFG> LogLevel="2"
.../001:19/CFG> DebugLevel="0"
.../001:19/CFG> MaxFatScan="51200"
.../001:19/CFG> MaxDataColEntries="512"
.../001:19/CFG> ScanType="0"
.../001:19/CFG> IgnoreF8FF="0"
.../001:19/CFG> ScanSignature="55AA"
.../001:19/13H> Ext13H installed test requested
.../001:19/13H> Disk found at 128
.../001:19/13H> Ext13H version: 2.1 / EDD-1.1
.../001:19/13H> Ext13H Support: Extended disk access functions
.../001:19/13H> Ext13H Support: Enhanced disk drive functions
.../001:19/13H> Ext13H Flags: DMA boundary errors handled transparently
.../001:19/13H> Disk 128 X13H data : 16383/16/63 234441648/512
.../001:19/13H> Disk found at 129
.../001:19/13H> Ext13H version: 2.1 / EDD-1.1
.../001:19/13H> Ext13H Support: Extended disk access functions
.../001:19/13H> Ext13H Support: Enhanced disk drive functions
.../001:19/13H> Ext13H Flags: DMA boundary errors handled transparently
.../001:19/13H> Disk 129 X13H data : 16383/16/63 156301488/512
.../001:19/13H> Ext13H tested ok
.../001:19/FDL> DiskList requested
.../001:19/FDL> Disk found at 128
.../001:19/FDL> Disk found at 129
.../001:19/LOG> Dump DiskList requested
### DISKLIST.ARRAY ###
__D_|________LBA_|___H_|__S_|__GB
128 | .234441648 | 255 | 63 | 111
129 | .156301488 | 255 | 63 | .74
..0 | .........0 | ..0 | .0 | ..0
..0 | .........0 | ..0 | .0 | ..0

.../001:19/IAS> Admi Sector found on disk 0 (128)
.../001:19/IAS> Admi Sector found on disk 1 (129)
.../001:19/EXE> FingerPrint found
.../001:19/PFC> PQstuff signature not detected on disk 0 (128)
.../001:19/PFC> PQstuff signature not detected on disk 1 (129)
.../001:19/PFC> Partition State Backup not found on disk 0 (128)
.../001:19/PFC> Partition State Backup not found on disk 1 (129)
.../001:26/MNU> - Main, Select Disk
.../001:30/USD> Disk 0 (128) selected
.../001:30/USD> Read/WriteErrors reset to 0
.../001:30/USD> DataCollection / PartList cleared
.../001:30/GSC> No Geo change detected for Disk 0 (128)
.../001:32/GSC> Geo for Disk 0 (128) saved as 0234441648255063
128/001:32/LOG> Dump MBR requested
### MBR FOR DISK 128
000 90 E9 7D 01 FA 33 C0 8E D0 8E C0 8E D8 BC 00 7C | é}.ú3ÀŽÐŽÀŽØ¼.|
016 8B F4 FB BF 00 06 B9 00 01 F3 A5 BB 20 06 FF E3 | ‹ôû¿..¹..ó¥» ..ã
032 90 90 BE 7D 07 81 3C AA 55 75 11 E8 58 00 73 0C | ¾}.<ªUu.èX.s.
048 E8 65 00 72 07 E8 B1 00 72 3B EB 2C BE 7D 07 C7 | èe.r.è±.r;ë,¾}.Ç
064 04 00 00 BA 80 00 BE BE 07 B9 04 00 F6 04 80 75 | ...º€.¾¾.¹..ö.€u
080 07 83 C6 10 E2 F6 EB 1D 8A 74 01 8B 4C 02 BB 00 | .ƒÆ.âöë.Št.‹L.».
096 7C B8 01 02 CD 13 72 0D 81 3E FE 7D 55 AA 75 05 | |¸..Í.r.>þ}Uªu.
112 EA 00 7C 00 00 BE 6A 07 AC 0A C0 74 FE BB 07 00 | ê.|..¾j.¬.Àtþ»..
128 B4 0E CD 10 EB F2 BB 00 7E C6 07 13 C6 47 01 00 | ´.Í.ëò».~Æ..ÆG..
144 B2 80 B8 00 E0 CD 13 C3 BF 00 7E BA F0 01 B3 A0 | ²€¸.àÍ.ÿ.~ºð.³ 
160 E8 84 00 72 0C B1 01 E8 48 00 72 05 E8 19 00 73 | è„.r.±.èH.r.è..s
176 16 F6 C3 10 75 05 80 CB 10 EB E5 81 FA 70 01 74 | .öÃ.u.€Ë.ëåúp.t
192 05 BA 70 01 EB D8 F9 C3 81 BD FE 01 55 AA 75 17 | .ºp.ëØùÁ½þ.Uªu.
208 8B 75 02 81 FE BE 01 77 0E 03 F7 81 3C AA 55 75 | ‹u.þ¾.w..÷<ªUu
224 06 F6 44 02 01 75 01 F9 C3 BF 00 7C B1 0A E8 01 | .öD..u.ùÿ.|±.è.
240 00 C3 52 57 83 C2 02 B0 01 EE 42 8A C1 EE 42 32 | .ÃRWƒÂ.°.îBŠÁîB2
256 C0 EE 42 EE 42 8A C3 EE 42 B0 20 EE E8 33 00 EC | ÀîBîBŠÃîB° îè3.ì
272 24 FD 3C 58 75 0D 83 EA 07 B9 00 01 FA F3 6D FB | $ý 288 F8 EB 01 F9 5F 5A C3 52 83 C2 07 EC A8 80 75 0F | øë.ù_ZÃRƒÂ.쨀u.
304 4A 8A C3 EE 42 EC 24 D0 3C 50 75 03 F8 EB 01 F9 | JŠÃîBì$Ð 320 5A C3 51 8B 0E 6C 04 83 C1 12 81 C2 FF 01 EC 8A | ZÃQ‹.l.ƒÁ.Â..ìŠ
336 E0 80 E4 D8 80 FC 58 74 06 3B 0E 6C 04 75 EF 81 | à€äØ€üXt.;.l.uï
352 EA FF 01 B9 00 20 E2 FE 59 C3 0D 0A 45 72 72 6F | ê..¹. âþYÃ..Erro
368 72 20 4C 6F 61 64 69 6E 67 20 4F 53 00 AA 55 00 | r Loading OS.ªU.
384 00 E9 80 FE 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | .é€þ............
400 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
416 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
432 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 34 E0 02 0D 00 00 80 01 | ........4à....€.
448 01 00 07 FE FF FF 3F 00 00 00 82 37 F9 0D 00 00 | ...þ..?...‚7ù...
464 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
480 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
496 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 AA | ..............Uª
### Interpreted Partition Table Information
### _ACT_|_TYPE_|__START--C/H/S_|__END----C/H/S_|__LBA-start_|_LBA-length
..1 .128 | ..07 | ....0...1...1 | .1023.254..63 | ........63 | .234436482
..2 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
..3 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
..4 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0

128/001:42/MNU> - Main, Select Disk
128/001:44/USD> Disk 1 (129) selected
128/001:46/USD> Read/WriteErrors reset to 0
128/001:46/USD> DataCollection / PartList cleared
128/001:46/GSC> No Geo change detected for Disk 1 (129)
128/001:46/GSC> Geo for Disk 1 (129) saved as 0156301488255063
129/001:46/LOG> Dump MBR requested
### MBR FOR DISK 129
000 90 E9 7D 01 FA 33 C0 8E D0 8E C0 8E D8 BC 00 7C | é}.ú3ÀŽÐŽÀŽØ¼.|
016 8B F4 FB BF 00 06 B9 00 01 F3 A5 BB 20 06 FF E3 | ‹ôû¿..¹..ó¥» ..ã
032 90 90 BE 7D 07 81 3C AA 55 75 11 E8 58 00 73 0C | ¾}.<ªUu.èX.s.
048 E8 65 00 72 07 E8 B1 00 72 3B EB 2C BE 7D 07 C7 | èe.r.è±.r;ë,¾}.Ç
064 04 00 00 BA 80 00 BE BE 07 B9 04 00 F6 04 80 75 | ...º€.¾¾.¹..ö.€u
080 07 83 C6 10 E2 F6 EB 1D 8A 74 01 8B 4C 02 BB 00 | .ƒÆ.âöë.Št.‹L.».
096 7C B8 01 02 CD 13 72 0D 81 3E FE 7D 55 AA 75 05 | |¸..Í.r.>þ}Uªu.
112 EA 00 7C 00 00 BE 6A 07 AC 0A C0 74 FE BB 07 00 | ê.|..¾j.¬.Àtþ»..
128 B4 0E CD 10 EB F2 BB 00 7E C6 07 13 C6 47 01 00 | ´.Í.ëò».~Æ..ÆG..
144 B2 80 B8 00 E0 CD 13 C3 BF 00 7E BA F0 01 B3 A0 | ²€¸.àÍ.ÿ.~ºð.³ 
160 E8 84 00 72 0C B1 01 E8 48 00 72 05 E8 19 00 73 | è„.r.±.èH.r.è..s
176 16 F6 C3 10 75 05 80 CB 10 EB E5 81 FA 70 01 74 | .öÃ.u.€Ë.ëåúp.t
192 05 BA 70 01 EB D8 F9 C3 81 BD FE 01 55 AA 75 17 | .ºp.ëØùÁ½þ.Uªu.
208 8B 75 02 81 FE BE 01 77 0E 03 F7 81 3C AA 55 75 | ‹u.þ¾.w..÷<ªUu
224 06 F6 44 02 01 75 01 F9 C3 BF 00 7C B1 0A E8 01 | .öD..u.ùÿ.|±.è.
240 00 C3 52 57 83 C2 02 B0 01 EE 42 8A C1 EE 42 32 | .ÃRWƒÂ.°.îBŠÁîB2
256 C0 EE 42 EE 42 8A C3 EE 42 B0 20 EE E8 33 00 EC | ÀîBîBŠÃîB° îè3.ì
272 24 FD 3C 58 75 0D 83 EA 07 B9 00 01 FA F3 6D FB | $ý 288 F8 EB 01 F9 5F 5A C3 52 83 C2 07 EC A8 80 75 0F | øë.ù_ZÃRƒÂ.쨀u.
304 4A 8A C3 EE 42 EC 24 D0 3C 50 75 03 F8 EB 01 F9 | JŠÃîBì$Ð 320 5A C3 51 8B 0E 6C 04 83 C1 12 81 C2 FF 01 EC 8A | ZÃQ‹.l.ƒÁ.Â..ìŠ
336 E0 80 E4 D8 80 FC 58 74 06 3B 0E 6C 04 75 EF 81 | à€äØ€üXt.;.l.uï
352 EA FF 01 B9 00 20 E2 FE 59 C3 0D 0A 45 72 72 6F | ê..¹. âþYÃ..Erro
368 72 20 4C 6F 61 64 69 6E 67 20 4F 53 00 AA 55 00 | r Loading OS.ªU.
384 00 E9 80 FE 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | .é€þ............
400 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
416 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
432 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 6A 2A AB B3 00 00 80 01 | ........j*«³..€.
448 01 00 06 FE 7F 04 3F 00 00 00 86 FA 3F 00 00 00 | ...þ.?...†ú?...
464 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
480 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
496 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 AA | ..............Uª
### Interpreted Partition Table Information
### _ACT_|_TYPE_|__START--C/H/S_|__END----C/H/S_|__LBA-start_|_LBA-length
..1 .128 | ..06 | ....0...1...1 | ..260.254..63 | ........63 | ...4192902
..2 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
..3 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
..4 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0

129/001:51/MNU> - Main, Analyze Disk / StateFile
129/002:02/SCN> DiskScan requested, ScanType is 0
129/002:02/SCN> DiskScan 0 (0 0 1) / 156301487 (9729 80 63) / 156301488
129/002:02/SCN> First bunnyhop BS at 63 (0 1 1)
129/002:02/SCN> Next bunnyhop BS at 63 (0 1 1)
129/010:29/SCN> DiskScan completed
129/010:29/SCN> ReadErrors for disk 1 (129): 0
129/010:29/SST> SaveState requested for disk 1 (129)
129/010:35/SST> SaveState finished for disk 1 (129)
129/010:35/CDC> CleanDatacollection requested
129/010:35/CDC> DataCollection Items found: 4
129/010:35/CDC> DataCollection Items flagged: 0
129/010:35/CDC> CleanDatacollection finished
129/010:35/LOG> Dump DataCollection requested
129/010:35/LOG> DataCollection Items found: 4 / 0
### DATACOLLECTION.ARRAY, FULL ###
SEQ_|___D_|________LOC_|____TYPE_|__COM_|______START_|_____LENGTH_|__PL_|_F
001 | 129 | .........0 | ..FAT16 | PTE1 | ........63 | ...4192902 | PRI | .
002 | 129 | ........99 | ..FAT32 | F8FF | ........63 | .......... | PRI | .
003 | 129 | ..99506662 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ..99506662 | ...8385867 | PRI | .
004 | 129 | .156296384 | ...NTFS | .BBS | ........63 | .156296322 | PRI | .

129/010:35/LOG> Dump DataCollection requested
129/010:35/LOG> DataCollection Items found: 4 / 0
### DATACOLLECTION.ARRAY, CLEANED ###
SEQ_|___D_|________LOC_|____TYPE_|__COM_|______START_|_____LENGTH_|__PL
001 | 129 | .........0 | ..FAT16 | PTE1 | ........63 | ...4192902 | PRI
002 | 129 | ........99 | ..FAT32 | F8FF | ........63 | .......... | PRI
003 | 129 | ..99506662 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ..99506662 | ...8385867 | PRI
004 | 129 | .156296384 | ...NTFS | .BBS | ........63 | .156296322 | PRI

129/010:36/MPL> MakePartList requested
129/010:36/MPL> MakePartList Items created: 3
129/010:36/MPL> MakePartList finished
129/010:36/LOG> Dump PartList requested
129/010:36/LOG> PartList Items created: 3
### PARTLIST.ARRAY ###
SEQ_|____TYPE_|_PTE_|__BS_|_BBS_|F8FF_|___S_|___L_|__PL_|_C_|___R
001 | ..FAT16 | ..1 | ... | --- | ... | ..1 | ..1 | ..1 | 1 | .1-
002 | ...NTFS | ... | ... | ..4 | --- | ..4 | ..4 | ..4 | 1 | .4+
003 | ...NTFS | ... | ..3 | ... | --- | ..3 | ..3 | ..3 | 1 | .2+

### PARTLIST.ARRAY.INTERPRETED ###
SEQ_|____TYPE_|______START_|_____LENGTH_|________END_|__PL_|___R
001 | ..FAT16 | ........63 | ...4192902 | ...4192964 | PRI | .1-
002 | ...NTFS | ........63 | .156296322 | .156296384 | PRI | .4+
003 | ...NTFS | ..99506662 | ...8385867 | .107892528 | PRI | .2+

129/011:43/MRL> User Abort MakeRSQPartList
129/011:43/EXE> Repair discontinued
129/011:47/MNU> - Main, Select Disk
129/011:48/USD> Disk 0 (128) selected
129/011:48/USD> Read/WriteErrors reset to 0
129/011:48/USD> DataCollection / PartList cleared
129/011:48/GSC> No Geo change detected for Disk 0 (128)
129/011:48/GSC> Geo for Disk 0 (128) saved as 0234441648255063
128/011:48/LOG> Dump MBR requested
### MBR FOR DISK 128
000 90 E9 7D 01 FA 33 C0 8E D0 8E C0 8E D8 BC 00 7C | é}.ú3ÀŽÐŽÀŽØ¼.|
016 8B F4 FB BF 00 06 B9 00 01 F3 A5 BB 20 06 FF E3 | ‹ôû¿..¹..ó¥» ..ã
032 90 90 BE 7D 07 81 3C AA 55 75 11 E8 58 00 73 0C | ¾}.<ªUu.èX.s.
048 E8 65 00 72 07 E8 B1 00 72 3B EB 2C BE 7D 07 C7 | èe.r.è±.r;ë,¾}.Ç
064 04 00 00 BA 80 00 BE BE 07 B9 04 00 F6 04 80 75 | ...º€.¾¾.¹..ö.€u
080 07 83 C6 10 E2 F6 EB 1D 8A 74 01 8B 4C 02 BB 00 | .ƒÆ.âöë.Št.‹L.».
096 7C B8 01 02 CD 13 72 0D 81 3E FE 7D 55 AA 75 05 | |¸..Í.r.>þ}Uªu.
112 EA 00 7C 00 00 BE 6A 07 AC 0A C0 74 FE BB 07 00 | ê.|..¾j.¬.Àtþ»..
128 B4 0E CD 10 EB F2 BB 00 7E C6 07 13 C6 47 01 00 | ´.Í.ëò».~Æ..ÆG..
144 B2 80 B8 00 E0 CD 13 C3 BF 00 7E BA F0 01 B3 A0 | ²€¸.àÍ.ÿ.~ºð.³ 
160 E8 84 00 72 0C B1 01 E8 48 00 72 05 E8 19 00 73 | è„.r.±.èH.r.è..s
176 16 F6 C3 10 75 05 80 CB 10 EB E5 81 FA 70 01 74 | .öÃ.u.€Ë.ëåúp.t
192 05 BA 70 01 EB D8 F9 C3 81 BD FE 01 55 AA 75 17 | .ºp.ëØùÁ½þ.Uªu.
208 8B 75 02 81 FE BE 01 77 0E 03 F7 81 3C AA 55 75 | ‹u.þ¾.w..÷<ªUu
224 06 F6 44 02 01 75 01 F9 C3 BF 00 7C B1 0A E8 01 | .öD..u.ùÿ.|±.è.
240 00 C3 52 57 83 C2 02 B0 01 EE 42 8A C1 EE 42 32 | .ÃRWƒÂ.°.îBŠÁîB2
256 C0 EE 42 EE 42 8A C3 EE 42 B0 20 EE E8 33 00 EC | ÀîBîBŠÃîB° îè3.ì
272 24 FD 3C 58 75 0D 83 EA 07 B9 00 01 FA F3 6D FB | $ý 288 F8 EB 01 F9 5F 5A C3 52 83 C2 07 EC A8 80 75 0F | øë.ù_ZÃRƒÂ.쨀u.
304 4A 8A C3 EE 42 EC 24 D0 3C 50 75 03 F8 EB 01 F9 | JŠÃîBì$Ð 320 5A C3 51 8B 0E 6C 04 83 C1 12 81 C2 FF 01 EC 8A | ZÃQ‹.l.ƒÁ.Â..ìŠ
336 E0 80 E4 D8 80 FC 58 74 06 3B 0E 6C 04 75 EF 81 | à€äØ€üXt.;.l.uï
352 EA FF 01 B9 00 20 E2 FE 59 C3 0D 0A 45 72 72 6F | ê..¹. âþYÃ..Erro
368 72 20 4C 6F 61 64 69 6E 67 20 4F 53 00 AA 55 00 | r Loading OS.ªU.
384 00 E9 80 FE 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | .é€þ............
400 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
416 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
432 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 34 E0 02 0D 00 00 80 01 | ........4à....€.
448 01 00 07 FE FF FF 3F 00 00 00 82 37 F9 0D 00 00 | ...þ..?...‚7ù...
464 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
480 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 | ................
496 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 55 AA | ..............Uª
### Interpreted Partition Table Information
### _ACT_|_TYPE_|__START--C/H/S_|__END----C/H/S_|__LBA-start_|_LBA-length
..1 .128 | ..07 | ....0...1...1 | .1023.254..63 | ........63 | .234436482
..2 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
..3 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0
..4 ...0 | ..00 | ....0...0...0 | ....0...0...0 | .........0 | .........0

128/011:52/MNU> - Main, Analyze Disk / StateFile
128/011:55/SCN> DiskScan requested, ScanType is 0
128/011:55/SCN> DiskScan 0 (0 0 1) / 234441647 (14593 80 63) / 234441648
128/011:55/SCN> First bunnyhop BS at 63 (0 1 1)
128/011:55/SCN> Next bunnyhop BS at 234436545 (14593 0 1)
128/025:24/SCN> Next bunnyhop BS at 234436545 (14593 0 1)
128/025:26/SCN> DiskScan completed
128/025:26/SCN> ReadErrors for disk 0 (128): 0
128/025:26/SST> SaveState requested for disk 0 (128)
128/025:30/SST> SaveState finished for disk 0 (128)
128/025:30/CDC> CleanDatacollection requested
128/025:30/CDC> DataCollection Items found: 13
128/025:30/CDC> DataCollection Items flagged: 3
128/025:30/CDC> CleanDatacollection finished
128/025:30/LOG> Dump DataCollection requested
128/025:30/LOG> DataCollection Items found: 13 / 3
### DATACOLLECTION.ARRAY, FULL ###
SEQ_|___D_|________LOC_|____TYPE_|__COM_|______START_|_____LENGTH_|__PL_|_F
001 | 128 | .........0 | ...NTFS | PTE1 | ........63 | .234436482 | PRI | .
002 | 128 | .........8 | ...NTFS | PTE1 | ........71 | .234436482 | LOG | I
003 | 128 | ........63 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ........63 | .234436482 | PRI | .
004 | 128 | ........63 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ........63 | .234436482 | PRI | I
005 | 128 | ..70396889 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ..70396889 | ...3132612 | PRI | .
006 | 128 | ..98301783 | ...NTFS | PTE1 | ..98301846 | ...8369802 | LOG | .
007 | 128 | ..98301846 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ..98301846 | ...8369802 | LOG | .
008 | 128 | .115957217 | ...NTFS | ..BS | .115957217 | ...3132612 | PRI | .
009 | 128 | .148312080 | ..FAT16 | ..BS | .148312080 | .....16065 | PRI | .
010 | 128 | .148312081 | ..FAT16 | F8FF | .148312080 | .......... | PRI | .
011 | 128 | .148312113 | ..FAT32 | F8FF | .148312080 | .......... | PRI | .
012 | 128 | .234436544 | ...NTFS | .BBS | ........63 | .234436482 | PRI | .
013 | 128 | .234436544 | ...NTFS | .BBS | ........63 | .234436482 | PRI | I

128/025:30/LOG> Dump DataCollection requested
128/025:30/LOG> DataCollection Items found: 13 / 3
### DATACOLLECTION.ARRAY, CLEANED ###
SEQ_|___D_|________LOC_|____TYPE_|__COM_|______START_|_____LENGTH_|__PL
001 | 128 | .........0 | ...NTFS | PTE1 | ........63 | .234436482 | PRI
003 | 128 | ........63 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ........63 | .234436482 | PRI
005 | 128 | ..70396889 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ..70396889 | ...3132612 | PRI
006 | 128 | ..98301783 | ...NTFS | PTE1 | ..98301846 | ...8369802 | LOG
007 | 128 | ..98301846 | ...NTFS | ..BS | ..98301846 | ...8369802 | LOG
008 | 128 | .115957217 | ...NTFS | ..BS | .115957217 | ...3132612 | PRI
009 | 128 | .148312080 | ..FAT16 | ..BS | .148312080 | .....16065 | PRI
010 | 128 | .148312081 | ..FAT16 | F8FF | .148312080 | .......... | PRI
011 | 128 | .148312113 | ..FAT32 | F8FF | .148312080 | .......... | PRI
012 | 128 | .234436544 | ...NTFS | .BBS | ........63 | .234436482 | PRI

128/025:30/MPL> MakePartList requested
128/025:30/MPL> MakePartList Items created: 5
128/025:30/MPL> MakePartList finished
128/025:30/LOG> Dump PartList requested
128/025:30/LOG> PartList Items created: 5
### PARTLIST.ARRAY ###
SEQ_|____TYPE_|_PTE_|__BS_|_BBS_|F8FF_|___S_|___L_|__PL_|_C_|___R
001 | ...NTFS | ..1 | ..3 | .12 | --- | ..1 | ..1 | ..1 | 3 | .7#
002 | ...NTFS | ... | ..5 | ... | --- | ..5 | ..5 | ..5 | 1 | .2+
003 | ...NTFS | ..6 | ..7 | ... | --- | ..6 | ..6 | ..6 | 2 | .3!
004 | ...NTFS | ... | ..8 | ... | --- | ..8 | ..8 | ..8 | 1 | .2+
005 | ..FAT16 | ... | ..9 | --- | .10 | ..9 | ..9 | ..9 | 2 | .6+

### PARTLIST.ARRAY.INTERPRETED ###
SEQ_|____TYPE_|______START_|_____LENGTH_|________END_|__PL_|___R
001 | ...NTFS | ........63 | .234436482 | .234436544 | PRI | .7#
002 | ...NTFS | ..70396889 | ...3132612 | ..73529500 | PRI | .2+
003 | ...NTFS | ..98301846 | ...8369802 | .106671647 | LOG | .3!
004 | ...NTFS | .115957217 | ...3132612 | .119089828 | PRI | .2+
005 | ..FAT16 | .148312080 | .....16065 | .148328144 | PRI | .6+

128/025:51/MRL> User Abort MakeRSQPartList
128/025:51/EXE> Repair discontinued
128/025:58/MNU> - Main, MBR ops
128/026:12/MNU> - Main, Quit
128/026:12/LOG> RunTime: 026:12
128/026:12/LOG> ### CLOSE LOG ###
----------------------------------------------
Here is Dp_state.128

###DP2.SAVESTATE.START
"02-21-2005","08:11:11"
"###SAVESTATE.SIG","02B3B17C465A231C"
"###SAVESTATE.DISKGEO","255","63"
"###DATACOLLECTION.ARRAY","13"
"128","0","NTFS","PTE1","63","234436482","PRI",""
"128","8","NTFS","PTE1","71","234436482","LOG",""
"128","63","NTFS","BS","63","234436482","PRI",""
"128","63","NTFS","BS","63","234436482","PRI",""
"128","70396889","NTFS","BS","70396889","3132612","PRI",""
"128","98301783","NTFS","PTE1","98301846","8369802","LOG",""
"128","98301846","NTFS","BS","98301846","8369802","LOG",""
"128","115957217","NTFS","BS","115957217","3132612","PRI",""
"128","148312080","FAT16","BS","148312080","16065","PRI",""
"128","148312081","FAT16","F8FF","148312080","","PRI",""
"128","148312113","FAT32","F8FF","148312080","","PRI",""
"128","234436544","NTFS","BBS","63","234436482","PRI",""
"128","234436544","NTFS","BBS","63","234436482","PRI",""
###DP2.SAVESTATE.END

---------------------------------------------
Here is dp_state.129

###DP2.SAVESTATE.START
"02-21-2005","07:56:16"
"###SAVESTATE.SIG","E0AEB9D9FB6FF771"
"###SAVESTATE.DISKGEO","255","63"
"###DATACOLLECTION.ARRAY","4"
"129","0","FAT16","PTE1","63","4192902","PRI",""
"129","99","FAT32","F8FF","63","","PRI",""
"129","99506662","NTFS","BS","99506662","8385867","PRI",""
"129","156296384","NTFS","BBS","63","156296322","PRI",""
###DP2.SAVESTATE.END
---------------------------------

Thanks

Lou

Product you are using: Diskpatch 2.0

Operating system / Service Pack: XP Pro v2002 SP2

Size of subject harddisk: 80GB

I'm assuming this is about disk 129, since disk 128 seems to be okay, as far as DiskPatch is concerned.
As you can see in the following list :

### PARTLIST.ARRAY.INTERPRETED ###
SEQ_|____TYPE_|______START_|_____LENGTH_|________END_|__PL_|___R
001 | ..FAT16 | ........63 | ...4192902 | ...4192964 | PRI | .1-
002 | ...NTFS | ........63 | .156296322 | .156296384 | PRI | .4+
003 | ...NTFS | ..99506662 | ...8385867 | .107892528 | PRI | .2+

there is only 1 partition that appears to be a likely candidate; the NTFS that spans almost the entire disk. What can you tell us about the original layout of the problem disk? What partitions where there, what sizes?
If the layout was 1 big NTFS it's strange to see this got messed up like it did. DiskPatch should be able to restore things to normal as far as the damaged NTFS partition goes, but that doesn't guarantee that the rest of that partition (the MFT for instance) is undamaged.

Tom

There was only one partition on the 129D drive. It was mostly a data storageetc drive. I am not sure that there was anything actually installed to that hard drive.

As to why it comes up with the "drive is not formatted" message, I am at a loss. As I stated previously the only thing that I can think of is that
by not having disconnected that drive when I had the other removable 'C'/128/Solaris drive in, that Solaris, recognizing that there was another physical hard drive in the system, at installation time, or just when the system was booted, did something to that second hard drive.

I assume that SEQ 3, is the NFTS partion that you are talking about. What are SEQ 1, and 2?

How to determine if the MFT is damaged or not?

Before Iwe do anything to the 129 drive, should I somehow try to back it upclone it...but how to do this? Ghost 2003, when selecting do 'clone a disk', does sees a 74536 GB drive if I click on Disk2 drive, but only sees 2 GB when I click underneith that on "D". If I chose Backup instead of Clone, it is the same. I only gave 60 GB left on the 'C' drive, so aside from going out and getting a large external USB hard drive, (which I am not sure that Ghost 2003 will accept as a destination drive), I do not see any way of doing a backup of the second drive before anything is done to it.

If you think that you product will do the job, what will it cost me, and, is this something that you will give me walk through instruction on exactly what to do?

Thanks


Lou

Product you are using: Diskpatch 2.0

Operating system / Service Pack: XP Pro v2002 SP2

Size of subject harddisk: 80GB

Hello,

"I assume that SEQ 3, is the NFTS partion that you are talking about. What are SEQ 1, and 2?"

Currently there's a FAT16 partition defined where you'd expect the NTFS partition.

You'd need to select

002 | ...NTFS | ........63 | .156296322 | .156296384 | PRI | .4+

to recover the NTFS partition. Recovery will be done based on a backup boot sector that belongs to an NTFS partition that starts at the start of the disk and spans aboout the entire disk. Currently this partition isn't there because it has no partition table entry and the boot sector is missing.

"How to determine if the MFT is damaged or not?"

In general, if you select the partition in the partition list > Enter > Enter, and DiskPatch is able to show the volume label name, the MFT is intact (to be able to retrieve the label name DiskPatch has to locate the MFT and interpret the MFT $Volume entry. Note that this is just a fair indication and not a guarantee.

"Before Iwe do anything to the 129 drive, should I somehow try to back it upclone it...but how to do this?"

There's no real need if you use DiskPatch, repairs made can be undone.

DiskPatch can clone a disk (disk to disk) if you use the Pro or higer version.

"If you think that you product will do the job, what will it cost me"

Pricing info is available on the website, see http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/shop.htm

"is this something that you will give me walk through instruction on exactly what to do?"

There's nothing to walk you through really, but we we're here yes. We more or less expect you to read the user guide (just the relevant sections - basically all questions asked so far are in fact answered in the user guide). And basically all you need to do is select the partition that you want to recover (seq. no. 2).

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Kind regards,
Joep